GEEK CHANNEL 8
A geek pop-culture history podcast, releasing on every date with an 8!
A panel of film geeks talk movies, TV, and incidental history and pop culture!
A geek pop-culture history podcast, releasing on every date with an 8!
Friday Aug 18, 2023
Friday Aug 18, 2023
Friday Aug 18, 2023
Continuing an exploration of "The Saint", Johanna and Eric watch "Sibao", an episode from Season 3.
Tuesday Aug 08, 2023
Tuesday Aug 08, 2023
Tuesday Aug 08, 2023
Diving into one of the greatest TV shows of the 1960s, "The Saint". Eric and Johanna watch an episode from Season 1 ("The Talented Husband") and and episode from Season 2 ("Luella").
Friday Jul 28, 2023
Friday Jul 28, 2023
Friday Jul 28, 2023
By the late 1970s both the BBC and Hammer Films are done with Quatermass, but that doesn't stop rival network ITV from scooping up and releasing Nigel Kneale's aborted four part conclusion to the Quatermass saga. Set in the future, this Quatermass outing is an altogether different experience...
Tuesday Jul 18, 2023
Tuesday Jul 18, 2023
Tuesday Jul 18, 2023
Quatermass and the Pit was the last, and some say best, Quatermass film from Hammer Studios, released in the U.S. as Five Million Years To Earth!
Saturday Jul 08, 2023
Saturday Jul 08, 2023
Saturday Jul 08, 2023
We watch the second "official" Quatermass film from Hammer Studios.
Wednesday Jun 28, 2023
Wednesday Jun 28, 2023
Wednesday Jun 28, 2023
We watch the second Hammer Horror film, X the Unknown, the "unofficial" sequel to The Quatermass Xperiment!
Sunday Jun 18, 2023
Sunday Jun 18, 2023
Sunday Jun 18, 2023
Released on a double bill with The Black Sleep was this science fiction gem that launched the Hammer Horror era, as well as British Science Fiction in general: The Quatermass Xperiment!
Thursday Jun 08, 2023
Thursday Jun 08, 2023
Thursday Jun 08, 2023
John Zanardelli joins the show for a discussion of a long-forgotten film that brought together John Carradine, Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi, Basil Rathbone, and Tor Johnson.
Sunday May 28, 2023
Sunday May 28, 2023
Sunday May 28, 2023
Coming up to date on the character of Wednesday Addams with the Netflix show "Wednesday" (2022-). We break down every episode so far.
Thursday May 18, 2023
Thursday May 18, 2023
Thursday May 18, 2023
Continuing our look at the character of Wednesday Addams and her family, we watch the 1992 "The Addams Family" animated TV show, the long shadow Christina Ricci cast over the role from The Addams Family and Addams Family Values movies, "The New Addams Family" TV show from 1998, comedienne Melissa Hunter's unofficial web series, "Adult Wednesday Addams", and Netflix's pre-Wednesday foray into a supernatural powered girl coming-of-age, "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina".
Three times a month, a panel of movie and pop culture geeks get together to do a deep-dive exploration into movies and TV shows to explore their history, and to learn more generally about history from the pop culture of the times! Join us on the 8th, 18th, and 28th of each month as we trace a character, director, actor across a series of films, or just watch a movie or TV show we think is notable.